LGBT Pride flag pencil toppers

Since June is LGBT Pride Month I wanted to do something to celebrate, so,  inspired by the pencil topper made by simply crochet magazine (this pattern can be found here) I made a variety of LGBT pride flags.

The pencil toppers I have made use dk yarn and are slightly smaller than the one made by simply crochet magazine (so should take less time to make (They each took  me around 20  minutes to make)

You can alter the number of chain sts you make to fit it onto pens or similar objects (eg. crochet hooks). I made my Gay Pride flag fit my Parker fountain pen by making ch7 for the first 3 rows then ch6 for the next 3 rows (you will see what I mean when you start making it)

You will need:

• A 2mm hook
• dk yarn in the correct colours for the flag you want to make : gay pride flag = red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple; transgender flag = light blue, light pink, white; bisexual flag = dark blue, lilac, bright pink; pansexual flag = bluey-turquoise, yellow, bright pink; lesbian flag = dark red, brownish-red, light pink, white, bright  (ish) pink, darker pink, dark pink; genderqueer flag = green, white, lilac; asexual flag = purple, white, grey, black; aromantic flag = black, grey, white, light green, medium green; Non-binary flag = black, purple, white, yellow
• A darning needle for weaving in loose ends
• A pencil (or pen) to put it on

Difficulty:

Easy

For the pride flag pencil topper:

With the 2mm hook and purple yarn ch10
Row 1: sc in the 2nd chain st you made, then sc in each of the 8 following chain sts. ch5, then slip the last sc st you made.
Fasten off
Row 2: join blue yarn to the first sc st you made (the other end of where you made the loop). sc in this st and the next 8sts. ch5, then slip the last sc st you made, as you did for the last row. 
Fasten off
Row 3: do as for the last row with green
Fasten off
Row 4: do as for row 2 with yellow
Fasten off
Row 5: do as for row 2 with orange
Fasten off

Row 6: do as for row 2 with red
Fasten off

Sew in the loose ends, then slip the loops you made with your chain sts over the end of the pencil.

To make the transgender flag:

With light blue yarn ch10
Row 1: sc in the 2nd loop from hook, sc in every following loop. ch5, sc in the last sc st you made
Fasten off
Row 2: join light pink yarn to the first sc st you made (the other end of where you made the loop). sc in this st and the next 8sts. ch5, then slip the last sc st you made, as you did for the last row.
Fasten off
Row 3: do as for the last row using white yarn
Fasten off
Row 4: do as for row 2 using light pink yarn
Fasten off
Row 5: do as for row 2 using light blue yarn
Fasten off



For the bisexual flag:

With dark blue yarn ch10
Row 1: sc in the 2nd chain st you made, then sc in each of the 8 following chain sts. ch5, then slip the last sc st you made.
Row 2: ch1, sc in the same st each of the next 8sts
Fasten off
Row 3: join lilac yarn to this same st. sc in this st and the next 8sts. ch5, then slip the last sc st you made, as you did for the last row. 
Fasten off
Round 4: join pink yarn to the same st as where you fastened off. Sc in this st and the next 8sts. ch1, turn
Row 5: sc in each of these 9sts, ch5, slip the last sc st you made in this row
Fasten off


Sew in the loose ends, then slip the loops you made with your chain sts over the end of the pencil.

For the lesbian flag:

with dark red dk yarn chain 11
Row 1: sc in the 2nd loop from hook, sc in every following loop. ch5, sc in the last sc st you made
Fasten off
Row 2: join brownish - red yarn to the first sc st you made (the other end of where you made the loop). sc in this st and the next 9sts. ch5, then slip the last sc st you made, as you did for the last row.
Fasten off
Row 3: do as for the last row using light pink yarn
Fasten off
Row 4: do as for row 2 using white yarn
Fasten off
Row 5: do as for row 2 using bright(ish) pink yarn
Fasten off
Row 6: do as for row 2 using dark (ish) pink yarn
Fasten off
Row 7: do as for row 2 using dark pink yarn
Fasten off


Sew in the loose ends, then slip the loops you made with your chain sts over the end of the pencil.



For the Pansexual flag:

With bluey- turquise dk yarn ch10
Row 1: sc in the 2nd loop from hook, sc in every following loop. ch5, sc in the last sc st you made
Row 2: ch1, sc in this same st that you slipped, sc in every following st to end
Fasten off
Row 3: join yellow yarn to this same st, sc in this st and every following st to the other end. ch5, sc in the last sc st you made
Row 4: As row 2 but using yellow yarn
Fasten off
Row 5: As row 3 but using bright pink yarn
Row 4: As row 2 but using bright pink yarn

Fasten off

For the asexual flag:

Using purple dk yarn ch11Row 1: sc in the 2nd loop from hook, sc in every following loop. ch5, sc in the last sc st you made.
Row 2: ch1, sc in this same st that you slipped, sc in every following st to end
Fasten off
Row 3: join white yarn to this same st, sc in this st and every following st to the other end. ch5, sc in the last sc st you made
Row 4: As row 2 but using white
Fasten off
Row 5: As row 3 but using grey yarn
Row 4: As row 2 but using grey yarn
Row 7: As row 3 but using black yarn

Row 8: As row 2 but using black yarn
Fasten off

For the genderqueer flag:

With green dk yarn ch10
Row 1: sc in the 2nd loop from hook, sc in every following loop. ch5, sc in the last sc st you made
Row 2: ch1, sc in this saem st that you slipped, sc in every following st to end
Fasten off
Row 3: join white yarn to this same st, sc in this st and every following st to the other end. ch5, sc in the last sc st you made
Row 4: As row 2 but using white yarn
Fasten off
Row 5: As row 3 but using lilac yarn
Row 4: As row 2 but using lilac yarn
Fasten off




For the aromantic flag:

With black yarn ch10
Row 1: sc in the 2nd loop from hook, sc in every following loop. ch5, sc in the last sc st you made
Fasten off
Row 2: join light grey yarn to the first sc st you made (the other end of where you made the loop). sc in this st and the next 8sts. ch5, then slip the last sc st you made, as you did for the last row.
Fasten off
Row 3: do as for the last row using white yarn
Fasten off
Row 4: do as for row 2 using light light green
Fasten off
Row 5: do as for row 2 using light medium green

Fasten off




For the non-binary flag:

With black yarn ch10
Row 1: sc in the 2nd loop from hook, sc in every following loop. ch5, sc in the last sc st you made
Fasten off
Row 2: join light purple yarn to the first sc st you made (the other end of where you made the loop). sc in this st and the next 8sts. ch5, then slip the last sc st you made, as you did for the last row.
Fasten off
Row 3: do as for the last row using white yarn
Fasten off
Row 4: do as for row 2 using light yellow
Fasten off